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  1. For as long as I've been alive and longer, large industries like #irvingOil, #jdIrving, #repsol and others have paid - and I'm not overstating this - a penny on the dollar of their fair share.

    Our politicians have signed **incredibly** generous 25 or 50 year contracts, absolving over a billion in taxes.

    We have the highest child poverty, teen pregnancy, and sexual assault rates in the country.

    Maybe it's time we balance the scales a little. Maybe we should tip them *a lot* and get back some of what we've lost. Build homes, feed kids, clean pollution, improve schools...

    > "We're passing a budget that puts a 10 per cent increase on residential taxes," HIckey said. "Heavy Industry's getting a discount. That's a story none of us can tell enough."

    cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswi

    #saintJohn #sj #nb #newBrunswick #noHiggs #resist #vote